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It might have been a winnable case, but the airport didn’t provide enough evidence. Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority, which operates West Virginia International Yeager Airport, tried to reverse domain name hijack a domain name. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panelist made this ruling after the airport operator filed a cybersquatting […]

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Was the registrant of this short domain really targeting the Complainant? A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name snet.info transferred to Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, and I have questions. Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat has several trademark registrations for S-NET, and operates a website at snet.lu. The crux […]

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Afternic has published its monthly keywords list, showing the most popular keywords in domain names sold on its marketplace in February. My and AI remain the top two sellers this month. Here’s the full list, with the previous month’s ranking in parenthesis: my (1) ai (2) it (4) home (3) group (7) bet (6) your […]

Post link: My oh my! Look at these hot keywords in aftermarket domain sales

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Domain name was registered before the Complainant existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Lifeware SA to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Lifeware SA filed a case against lifeware.com, which was registered in 1995. Lifeware wasn’t incorporated until 1998. Assuming that the current registrant was the original registrant, that means […]

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His heirs alleged the domain names were stolen. Nissan.com is famous as an early test case in cybersquatting. The car company Nissan battled for years to take the domain name from its registrant, whose name was Uzi Nissan. It failed, but Uzi Nissan spent over $3 million fighting Nissan in an eight-year battle that began […]

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Why SquadHelp’s rebrand to Atom makes sense. SquadHelp announced this morning that is has rebranded as Atom, using the domain name atom.com. Earlier this week I was a guest on a business podcast, where I talked about the importance of domain names. The host asked me about domain marketplaces where people can search for domains […]

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An insurance company, a domain registration business, and a lingerie seller bought domain names. Sedo publicly reported 45 domain sales of $2,000 or more for the past week. There are some nice domains in this batch, but it’s difficult to figure out the buyer for most of them. The top two sales were xash.com for […]

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Complainant previously owned the valuable domain name. OEE Ltd and Because Music SAS have lost a cybersquatting dispute (pdf) over the domain name because.com. The Complainant previously owned the domain name, which it bought at Sedo for $27,500 in 2007. According to the Complainant, the domain name expired in 2021 after it neglected to renew […]

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Customers can no longer list domains on the platform as of April 29, but Afternic listings will still be syndicated. GoDaddy will no longer let customers list domains directly on GoDaddy Auctions, effective April 29. The company announced today that it’s ending so-called Member to Member listings on the platform. This includes seven-day public auctions, […]

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Fred Hsu discusses some of his company’s plans for new top level domains tied to web3 communities. It’s been just six months since I had Fred Hsu, co-founder of D3, on the podcast. The company has made many announcements since then, and it’s becoming clear that it will be one of the more significant portfolio […]

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There’s no end in sight for the .ai domain name boom. The domain name registry for .ai domain names has released its latest domains under management figure. The registry disclosed that there are 425,060 registered .ai domains as of today. Here’s how this number has progressed over time: July 2, 2018 the total was 48,272 […]

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The reason domain names are important has changed over time. A few readers have sent me an article published in The Atlantic this week titled “The Web Became a Strip Mall” with the subhead “Domain names once gave the internet a sense of place. Now they are meaningless.” Ian Bogost wrote about how domain names […]

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Monster never responded to the lawsuit, and a California court issued a default judgment. A California man has been awarded a $486,432 judgment against Epik founder Rob Monster and Epik Inc. over a stolen domain name. Robert M. Lee registered the domain name rle.com in 1995. In a lawsuit he filed in 2019, he alleged […]

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A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Music Together, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The case followed a surprisingly common fact pattern: a company registers a domain name in good faith as a licensee of the Complainant, and the license is later terminated. In this case, the registrant of MusicTogetherofMarin.com was […]

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X.com marks the spot…or does it? Let’s face it: Many of the changes X (Twitter) has made under Elon Musk’s ownership haven’t been well thought out. The company is certainly following the “move fast and break things” business method. Security journalist Brian Krebs wrote today about the company’s latest fumble, which fortunately has been fixed. […]

Post link: Oops. Twitter’s latest x.com transition is another fumble

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Move makes it easier for U.S. investors to invest in the company. U.S. investors interested in investing in domain name company Team Internet Group now have an easier option. The company trades on the London Stock Exchange’s market for small and medium size growth companies, AIM, under the ticker TIG. Starting today, it’s also available […]

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This approach could be the best of both worlds. NamePros is introducing a new feature for its free “for sale” parking pages, and I think it’s brilliant. Domain investors typically choose between “buy now” and “make offer” landing pages. The former displays a price on the page, and people can instantly buy the domain. The […]

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WooCommerce is moving its domain back to WooCommerce.com after SEO challenges. For all of those that say changing domains is easy, so domain renewal prices shouldn’t be capped… WooCommerce, a company owned by WordPress creator Automattic, is experiencing headaches after trying to change its domain from WooCommerce.com to Woo.com. The problem is so bad that it’s […]

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A title insurance company, a rummy game app, and a cool lighting maker bought domain names. Sedo had a nice rebound in domain sales after a slowdown last week. Many of the top domains don’t have obvious buyers at the time of publication, including the top sale lightbet.com, which went for $74,999. Here’s a list […]

Post link: End user domain sales: cool lights, antimicrobials and more

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Expired domain market roars back thanks to a few big sales. Sales rebounded at Snapnames and NameJet last month. The two platforms combined for 63 sales of $2,000 or more, totaling $522k. This compares to 51 domains and $262k in February. Here are some notable sales for the month: Akira.com $75,000 – Unlike many domains […]

Post link: Sales rebound at SnapNames/NameJet, top sale $75k

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